New Jersey § 12:3-1

§ 12:3-1.

P.L.1864, c. 391, p. 681 (Rev.1877, pp. 981, 982, §§ 1 to 6; C.S. pp. 4383, 4384,

§§ 1 to 7), entitled “An Act to ascertain the rights of the state and of the riparian

owners in the lands lying under the waters of the bay of New York, and elsewhere in

the state,” approved April eleventh, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, saved

from repeal. [This act provides for the appointment of a board of commissioners to cause to be

made surveys of the lands lying under the waters of the bay of New York, of the Hudson

river and the lands adjacent thereto, the Kill von Kull, Newark bay, Arthur Kill,

Raritan bay and the Delaware river opposite to the county of Philadelphia, not theretofore

granted by the state; to ascertain the state's rights in the same and the value thereof;

to fix the exterior line beyond which no permanent obstruction should be permitted

and to report to the legislature and recommend a plan for the improvement, use, renting

or leasing of said lands with maps of said lands showing the said exterior line, the

lines of existing piers, etc., and any grants of such lands not then occupied, with

other appropriate information.]